'We will not create any impediment in their path. They can have their association (with the BJP). We will do our work. Now our paths are different...We will work as a constructive opposition'
The ED had sent him a second summons to appear before July 1, after he failed to appear in his first summon on Monday due to the then political crisis in Maharashtra
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has convened a special session of state assembly on Thursday, June 30, as he has asked Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to prove his majority
Raut said, "The rebel MLAs supporting Eknath Shinde are saying their cause is to protect the Hindutva envisaged by party founder Balasaheb Thackeray.
The minister has been to appear before ED in a money laundering case linked to the re-development of a Mumbai 'chawl' and other related financial transactions involving his wife and friends
Some people want to put us behind bars and run the state, the way it happened during the Emergency, the Sena's chief spokesperson claimed
Dubbing Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut a blue-eyed boy of the NCP, after the Shiv Sena-BJP government formation, Raut became active with the blessings of NCP and is destined to defeat Shiv Sena
The Enforcement Directorate summoned Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in a money laundering case for questioning on Tuesday, official sources said on Monday.Raut has been asked to appear before the ED investigators at its regional office in Mumbai at 11 am, said an official privy to the development.The summon has been issued in connection with the re-development of Mumbai's Patra Chawl.In April this year, the ED had also attached immovable properties worth Rs 11.15 crore, including a flat at Dadar, held by Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut's wife Varsha and eight land parcels at Kihim near Alibag, jointly held by the latter with Swapna Patkar, in connection with the redevelopment scam. Swapna is the wife of Sujit Patkar, a close associate of the Sena leader.The federal agency said its investigation revealed that around Rs 100 crore was transferred from the real estate company, HDIL, to the account of Pravin Raut, who in turn diverted part of these funds to various accounts of his close
West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hit out at the Centre over the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s summons to Shiv Sena leader, Sanjay Raut over questioning on an alleged money laundering case.
The ED has summoned Rajya Sabha member Raut for questioning in a money laundering probe linked to the re-development of a Mumbai 'chawl'
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said his party is ready for a "street fight and a legal battle", ahead of the crucial hearing in the SC against the disqualification notice issued to rebel party MLAs
The Supreme Court will hear the petition of rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde, who moved the court seeking a stay on the disqualification notice issued to him and other 15 rebel legislators
Raut expressed confidence that the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) comprising the Sena, NCP and Congress will survive the current crisis
Sanjay Raut tweeted targeting the rebel MLAs of the party, in which he said that however long they may "hide" in Guwahati, they will ultimately have to come to "chowpatty", a reference to Mumbai
Raut also attacked BJP leader Narayan Rane, without naming him, for "threatening" NCP chief Sharad Pawar
As the state political crisis entered the fourth day, both the Shiv Sena and the rebel group led by Minister Eknath Shinde have launched stronger steps to browbeat each other
'MLAs shouldn't communicate from Guwahati, they should come back to Mumbai and discuss all this with CM. We're ready to consider exiting out of MVA if this is the will of all MLAs,' says Sena leader
Amid the intensifying political crisis in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday hinted at the dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly
Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Raut said Shinde has not put forth any conditions before the party, and that discussions are also underway with other Sena leaders who are with Shinde
Upon his arrival, Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde said, "A total of 40 Shiv Sena MLAs are present here (Guwahati). We will carry Balasaheb Thackeray's Hindutva